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Galvion Helmet System Chosen as Next-Generation Protection for German Specialised Forces

Friday, December 11th, 2020

Galvion, a world leader in innovative head protection systems and power management solutions, is pleased to announce that a customized Baltskin® Viper helmet solution has been chosen as the next Specialised Forces Helmet (Helm SpezKr schwer; Specialised Forces are Ranger-type units of the German Army). The program was awarded to Rheinmetall Soldier Electronics GmbH, who will act as the in-country contracting entity for the Galvion helmet, following a full and open competition. The contract encompasses the delivery of up to 20,000 helmets, with an initial order for 5000 helmet systems and helmet refurbishment plan to be executed in-country by Rheinmetall Soldier Electronics, as well as the option for a 2-year contract extension following contract framework completion in 2025.

The bespoke helmet system, developed to the German MoD’s rigorous performance and technical standards, underwent thorough testing and an extensive user evaluation prior to being selected. The Viper helmet solution will come in a custom German Green colour, and features Galvion’s Modular Suspension System which has been configured to meet a variety of impact standards and mission requirements. The helmet is lighter, offers better protection and improved integration with Communication Devices and NVGs than the current fielded helmet, and end-user feedback rated the helmet comfortable and high-performing. Rheinmetall Soldier Electronics will begin delivering the Galvion helmet to the German Specialised Forces in Q2 2021.

“After years of development, we are honoured to have our Viper helmet system chosen by the German Specialised Forces,” commented Alex Hooper, Galvion’s V.P. of Global Business Development. “Our experienced team of engineers and designers worked with the MoD to build a user-centric system that balances protection, integration, durability and optimized fit. Germany’s exacting technical requirements and broad testing process ensures that their soldiers will be outfitted with a high-performing system that has been tailored to meet their unique mission needs. Having RSE acting as our contracting entity ensures that the German Bundeswehr will have a premium product with reliable in-country support throughout the life of the program. “

Hooper added: “Galvion has developed a reputation as the leader in NATO next-generation helmet systems, and the awarding of this contract speaks of our commitment to provide bespoke solutions for the modern soldier.”

As well as this latest award, Galvion enjoys an impressive track record of large-scale global sales for protective head systems and soldier power management systems. Other key customers include defence forces from the US, Canada, UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, in addition to many NATO SF unit around the world.

www.galvion.com

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Speer Ammunition Awarded Contract to Provide Duty Ammunition to Top Nordic Police Agencies Including Norwegian and Swedish Police

Wednesday, December 9th, 2020

LEWISTON, Idaho – December 8, 2020 – Speer Ammunition was recently awarded the joint Nordic Police 9mm duty handgun ammunition contract for Speer 124-grain Gold Dot. Speer’s sister company Federal already holds the duty rifle contract for .223 Tactical Bonded and .308 Tactical Bonded Tip precision rounds. The duty handgun contract will supply these agencies for up to four years.

“We are extremely pleased with this prestigious contract award, as it validates the high level of trust the international law enforcement agencies have with our extremely reliable and innovative products,” said Speer’s President Jason Vanderbrink.

“The testing specifications and procedures for these contracts were some of the most thorough in the world,” said VP of Law Enforcement, Government and International Sales David Leis. “The use of Gold Dot technology in this contract ammunition ensures the highest performance threshold and absolute confidence in performance, and we are proud to produce ammunition that meets and exceeds our customer’s strict requirements.”

The selected duty rounds utilize Speer Gold Dot technology, which has set an industry benchmark for both self-defense and duty use, earning the trust of consumers and law enforcement world-wide. The bullet features a pressure-formed lead core that is bonded to an extremely uniform jacket a single atom at a time that virtually eliminates separation on impact for more retained weight and consistent penetration depths. The Gold Dot hollow-point design expands consistently through a full range of barriers. Reliable ignition and cycling are delivered thanks to sealed primers and nickel-plated brass.

Speer ammunition can be found at dealers nationwide or purchased online direct from Speer. For more information on all products from Speer or to shop online, visit www.speer.com.

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Sneak Peek – Snigel Designs Light Combat Belt 1.0

Thursday, December 3rd, 2020

Coming soon from Snigel Designs is their Light Combat Belt 1.0. As you can tell by the name, it’s lightweight, at between 360-380 grams, depending on size.

It’s PALS compatible and the webbing is sewn on 8 cm wide panels, with slots between the panels, so that the inner belt can be woven inside or outside, depending on whether you want PALS mounting or belt mounting for holsters and other accessories.

The foam/1 mm DDPE padding can be removed if you want an even slimmer belt. On the inside of the belt, Velcro loop stripes are sewn to match/connect with a trousers belt that has Velcro hook on the outside.

The inner belt is removable and can replaced with a riggers belt to combine the features of both belts.

Finally, there are four D-rings located at the top of the belt, soaced two fore and two aft, to attach suspenders.

www.snigel.se

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Cadex Defence – CDX-50 Tremor 20” 50BMG

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020

Cadex Defence has introduced the new CDX-50 Tremor 20” 50BMG designed specifically for LE specialized vehicle interdiction. The combination of Cadex patented folding stock and 20.6” barrel makes for a compact extremely effective weapon platform capable to deliver a huge payload with higher accuracy compared to any semi-automatic systems on the market.

Also available for recreational shooters (unfortunately not in Canada).

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NP Aerospace Targets North America & Global Markets with New Bomb Disposal Suit

Tuesday, December 1st, 2020

The new 4030 ELITE Bomb Disposal Suit and Helmet System from NP AerospaceGlobal armor manufacturer, NP Aerospace, has extended its Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) portfolio with the launch of a next generation Bomb Disposal Suit targeting North America and other strategic global markets.

The new 4030 ELITE Bomb Disposal Suit and Helmet System is the result of extensive collaboration with EOD operators and uses cutting edge technology to meet the requirements of NIJ 0117.01*, the US National Institute of Justice Public Safety Bomb Suit standard. It introduces a new approach to EOD protection, delivering superior survivability and enhanced ergonomics at a reduced weight. The 4030 ELITE Suit provides a scalable platform where communication and cooling systems can be integrated within the base suit without full scale upgrades – a cost efficiency benefit for defense and security organizations.

NP Aerospace entered the EOD market in 2004 with a bomb disposal suit designed for British Forces in Northern Ireland and has expanded its presence with multiple global customers.

Key enhancements to the 4030 ELITE include:

• New suit and frontal armor plate design, delivering 360° protection, with seamless coverage of critical areas

• Enhanced fit and mobility enabling extended wear and access in confined spaces

• Advanced EOD helmet design for enhanced optical performance and impact protection

• Increased size range to fit 5th percentile female to 99th percentile male operators

• Additional safety features for fast, emergency suit removal (less than 30 seconds)

• User configurable with full system integration (communications, cooling, CBRN)

James Kempston, CEO, NP Aerospace, comments: “NP Aerospace has an extensive EOD heritage designing and manufacturing bomb suits for global customers. Our new 4030 ELITE continues that heritage and allows us to target customers requiring NIJ compliance with a cost effective, high performance solution. Operators and procurement teams are looking for the high levels of blast protection and enhanced mobility which NP Aerospace suits provide while ticking the boxes on budget.

“The 4030 ELITE offers a highly modular and scalable system with the option to build and accessorize the suit around the user’s requirements. It also provides excellent ergonomics and dexterity due to our patents in flexible armor construction. This has been a major development and we are looking forward to the next phase in our EOD growth.”

EOD and Tactical Search suits are part of the NP Aerospace high-performance defense systems range which includes Ballistic Helmets and Shields, Body Armor Plates and Composite Armor for vehicles, vessels or aircraft.

www.npaerospace.com

*The 4030 ELITE is NIJ compliant. Certification is in progress.

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TacJobs – Clawgear Seeks Tactical Gear Development Specialist

Saturday, November 28th, 2020

Steyr, OÖ

Full-time, Permanent

Salary: 50,000.00€ /year

Clawgear is the leading Austrian brand name for uncompromising quality in professional military tactical nylon equipment and uniform systems. Located in Steyr and under the umbrella of the Swiss-Austrian corporation TMH Trading GmbH, Clawgear is rapidly expanding its knowledge and product portfolio and we are currently looking for 2 new colleagues to join our R&D team for the development of new tactical nylon products.

We are making the real deal come true here in Steyr for the benefit of military and law enforcement personnel on the most demanding missions, all over the planet. If you have what it takes to create that kind of equipment, then we would love to hear from you.

Profile:

Clawgear is seeking two Product Development Specialists / Engineers / Designers for the development of tactical nylon products, such as pouches, bags, vests, backpacks, ballistic protection, slings and more. The job requirements are broad-ranging and demanding so we don’t expect to find one person with all the listed qualifications. However, with two new colleagues, we hope to cover the workload and responsibilities of the nylon equipment R&D team.

Responsibilities:

• Work in the R&D team, from concept through design, prototyping, testing, sourcing and manufacturing of technical military and LE nylon products, in a highly interdisciplinary environment.

• Innovate, create and adapt practical and functional solutions to fit the client.

• Transform concepts and ideas into prototypes either through our sample makers or directly using our extensive sewing machine park for sampling.

• Set the quality standard for Tier One tactical equipment.

• Responsible for meeting price points through the knowledge of sourcing raw materials, overseas manufacturing and design solutions.

• Participate in practical field testing of equipment and establishing test criteria/procedures. Using feedback from mainly SOF operators to finetune the product concept.

• Design the necessary tools or molds for new product parts.

• Present design ideas as sketches or drawings.

• Create technical production patterns and consumption lists.

• Cutting materials for prototyping on a laser cutter.

• Test materials for desired characteristics.

• Working with great attention to detail and ability to handle more than one project at a time, at times under stress to meet non-negotiable deadlines.

• Participate in international trade shows, some domestic and international travel required.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in creative product design or development. Ability to apply aesthetic sense and knowledge of ergonomics to the products.

• A high level of creativity, enthusiasm for design and technical proficiency is a must.

• Ability to envision and work through a project from start to finish.

• Knowledge of technical textiles and of other materials used in tactical nylon equipment. Experience in fabric development is a plus.

• Knowledge of the requirements of military use of tactical nylon equipment as well as having had relevant military experience is a plus.

• Knowledge of nylon products construction techniques, such as in bags and pouches, patterns and pattern making is required. Experience in garment construction is a plus.

• Experience with Far East production and sourcing of raw materials.

• Experience with 3D CAD design, preferably Autocad, Fusion 360, Inventor or Lectra software.

• Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop is a big plus.

• Knowledge of Word and Excel is required, as well as a general knowledge of computers.

• Ability to learn other software.

• Hands-on problem-solving skills are desired.

• Ability to study, absorb and apply technical knowledge in interdisciplinary product development. Ability to apply mathematics to solve design problems.

• Ability to work with a team as well as in an individual setting.

• Ability to speak and write English fluently. Other language skills are a plus, especially German.

• Experience with sewing machines is a plus, as well as laser cutting equipment.

• Knowledge of tool making and molds is a plus.

• While we do not require any university degree for this position, we do look favourably on relevant education or degree, such as a degree in Product Design, Mechanical Engineering, Product Management, Project Management or similar relevant education. However, we also do acknowledge that the special skill set for this position may come in the form of a self-taught talented person with the right attitude and experience. For the purpose of selection, we would like to see some examples or verifiable references to previous projects done by the applicant.

Place of work:

TMH Trading GmbH, Steyr, Austria. Fulltime work required (38.5 H per week). TMH Trading GmbH is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, age (must be of legal age), gender identity, national origin, disability, or other personal characteristics.

We offer a very competitive salary in Austria (Yearly gross salary from €50.000 and upwards depending on qualifications) and a great, modern, international and relaxed working environment, right in the lovely Upper Austria region. If you are applying from the outside of the EU, please see the Austrian Foreign Ministry homepage (in English) regarding Visa-requirements and understand if you are in an eligible position to work in the EU, before applying for this job.

Apply here.

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Cybersecurity: Rheinmetall Solution Wins Bundeswehr Innovation Prize

Friday, November 27th, 2020

High-performance application for protecting IT data networks takes first prize

Rheinmetall’s work in the field of cybersecurity received a special accolade at the Innovation Conference 2020, an event staged by CODE, a research institute with close ties to the Bundeswehr. The Innovation Conference coincided with CODE’s annual meeting at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich, which this year took place online.

Thanks to an innovative solution for protecting data networks, Rheinmetall vanquished a total of 37 competing contributions to take first prize. “Moving Target Defence in Micro-Segmented Zero-Trust Networks” was the title of the award-wining contribution prepared by the expert team of the Cybersecurity business unit of Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH in Bremen, Germany. Technically speaking, the winning contribution is based on the application “Rheinmetall Security Appliance”, or RhSA, which the company developed to protect highly sophisticated IT infrastructures from cyberattacks.

A central feature of the Rheinmetall Security Appliance is the “Moving Target Defence” function, which can significantly enhance the security of networks. In essence, Moving Target Defence replaces real IP addresses with virtual ones, thus preventing attackers from reconnoitring individual end points for their attacks, creating virtually insurmountable barriers to any attack.

This highly topical issue seized the attention of the jury, which comprised representatives of various Bundeswehr institutions (Centre for Geoinformation); the German Ministry of Defence (Cyber/Information Technology department); the research institute CODE; and the Koblenz-based Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support, or BAAINBw.

Following a careful review of all of the contributions submitted, Lieutenant General Michael Vetter, head of the Cyber/Information Technology department at the Federal Ministry of Defence, proclaimed the Rheinmetall team the winner of this year’s competition.

Though endowed with a jackpot of €15,000, the real prize was the chance to engage in in-depth discussions with experts from the Bundeswehr, for whom warding off cyberattacks is a top priority. In 2017 the Bundeswehr established an independent military organization to take on this mission, Cyber and Information Space. In the view of the German government, digital sovereignty, that is to say, “Security made in Germany”, is particularly important in this context.

As Matthias Lindenberg, head of the Cyber Solutions business unit at Rheinmetall, puts it, “The award obviously represents a huge success for our team, one that spurs us on to achieve bigger and better things. We’re very pleased that our innovative “Moving Target Defence” approach won the prize and caught the attention of the Bundeswehr experts. We’re convinced that we can be a powerful, reliable partner of the Bundeswehr in the realm of cyber defence, and especially the German military’s Cyber and Information Space Command. But we also offer attractive solutions to the civil sector for protecting highly complex networks.”

For Rheinmetall, a new strategic line of business: Cyber Defence Rheinmetall has been addressing questions relating to IT security for a number of years now, and has since declared Cyber Defence a strategic area of activity. To enable systematic marketing of the Rheinmetall Security Appliance and the expansion of our cybersecurity portfolio, the Group recently established a new business unit: Rheinmetall Cyber Solutions GmbH of Bremen.

Developed in-house and based on so-called micro-segmentation, Rheinmetall Security Appliance (RhSA) is a market-ready solution for protecting complex LAN and WAN infrastructures of the kind operated by large corporations. During the past year, RhSA has already been successfully tested in a pilot operation by a well-known industrial group, which uses it to protect the networks at one of its largest production plants.

Besides RhSA, the Rheinmetall Cyber Solutions portfolio includes preparation of information security concepts for projects and products as well as development of solutions for practical implementation (e.g. cryptography and hardening measures), plus conducting vulnerability analyses and forensic IT investigations of cyberattacks.

The Group is eager to see Rheinmetall Cyber Solutions GmbH establish itself as an expert technology provider in the military and civil cybersecurity markets.

The CODE research institute
The CODE research institute (Cyber Defence) at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich was established in 2013. Its mission is to bring together interdisciplinary experts from the sciences as well specialists from the military, business, industry, public authorities, and professional associations representing the fields of information and communications technology, the aim being to promote progress in the realm of cybersecurity.

Tasked with exploring new ways of encouraging the demand-oriented identification and introduction of IT innovations in the German Ministry of Defence’s area of responsibility, the annual Cyber and Information Technology Innovation Conference first took place in 2018. Research foundations, commercial enterprises, government authorities and private individuals can submit and present their innovative ideas here in the field of IT. The best of these earn a prize at the Innovation Conference.

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Brigantes Presents – ECW/Winter Warfare Series – Shelter

Wednesday, November 25th, 2020

In this series, Brigantes brings you key products that offer the complete solution when working in the colder parts of the world. This week it is Hilleberg Keron 4GT Tactical.

When working in Arctic environments shelter, in what is the only environment where sitting still for a short period of time can lead to serious injury or even death, is absolutely critical. The Keron 4GT tactical provides the perfect solution to this problem.

The construction of the Keron 4GT, like other Hilleberg tents, has the ability to leave the inner connected to the outer this makes it much quicker to erect and drop. Internally it is set out to allow for four adults to sleep alongside each other as well as small features such as well position mesh pockets and a drying line enable a better living and working environment.

The large “porch area” (or vestibule) makes administration at the end of day and cooking within a tented environment, much easier. Provided that there is snow it also gives the user the ability to dig a cold trench, increasing the usable space, as well as increasing the warmth within the tent. The tactical version of the tent uses a light blocking fabric in order to maintain good light discipline and reduce signature whilst operating in a tactical environment. This also includes using black guy lines and with all reflective elements removed it is the best solution for this most challenging of environments.

The Hilleberg Keron 4GT is used extensively by Artic and Antactric explorers and has now been used by UK and the Scandinavian nations in the far north for several years now as their go to tactical tent.

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